Some facilities are trying to take Medicaid beneficiaries’ economic income payments, the Federal Trade Commission warns.
Most of us know that residents at nursing homes are at a higher risk of complications if they contract the coronavirus — but they’re also vulnerable to the possibility of having their stimulus checks taken from them, a recent Federal Trade Commission report suggested.
The economic impact payments, as the stimulus checks are known, are tax credits, which do not qualify as resources for federal benefits program, the FTC said. “So: when Congress calls these payments ‘tax credits’ in the CARES Act, that means the government can’t seize them,” the FTC said in its release. “Which means nursing homes and assisted living facilities can’t take that money from their residents just because they’re on Medicaid.
“For any resident who may receive a stimulus check, Medicaid eligibility is protected and Medicare coverage is protected,” the associations said. “Nursing facilities will not receive any additional private payments. Pre-COVID patient and resident income and asset protections remain in place for the stimulus payments.”
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